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Why the French Don't Like Headscarves

Hardcover • 2006 • English

Why the French Don't Like Headscarves

By John Richard Bowen

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About the book

The French government's 2004 decision to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious signs from public schools puzzled many observers, both because it seemed to infringe needlessly on religious freedom, and because it was hailed by many in France as an answer to a surprisingly wide range of social ills, from violence against females in poor suburbs to anti-Semitism. Why the French Don't Like Headscarves explains why headscarves on schoolgirls caused such a furor, and why the furor yielded this l...Show more

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ISBN

9780691125060

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2006

Language

English

Original title

Why the French Don't Like Headscarves

Format

Hardcover

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